STATE EX REL. JOHNSON v. McGOUGAN

No. 82 KW 0799.

433 So.2d 827 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana, ex rel. Douglas JOHNSON v. McGOUGAN, Warden.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 17, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ossie B. Brown, Dist. Atty. by Brett Grayson, Asst. Dist. Atty., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee.

Ernest Smithling, Asst. Public Defender, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Before COVINGTON, LANIER and ALFORD, JJ.


LANIER, Judge.

By a bill of information filed on April 14, 1982, the relator herein, Douglas Johnson, was charged with committing criminal mischief on January 28, 1982, by giving a false report to an officer of the law, in violation of La.R.S. 14:59(5). On June 11, 1982, the relator was brought before the district court and advised of his right to counsel and to court-appointed counsel if indigent. The defendant waived his right to counsel, was arraigned and...

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